The FBI infiltrated a $24M dark web laundering scheme and ran it themselves for over a year.
The agents aimed to identify criminal clients using the network to clean funds tied to hacks, drug sales, and violent crime.
The investigation involved monitoring transactions, flipping cash mules into informants, and using creative tactics such as tracking viewers via Google data requests.
The sting operation resulted in the arrest of the main perpetrator, who moved more than $24 million over two years.